[Footnote81:TheepistleitselfAlexias，l。iii。p。93，94，95
welldeservestoberead。ThereisoneexpressionwhichDucangedoesnotunderstand。Ihaveendeavoredtogropeoutatolerablemeaning:Thefirstwordisagoldencrown；thesecondisexplainedbySimonPortius，inLexicoGraeco—Barbar。，byaflashoflightning。]
[Footnote82:ForthesegeneraleventsImustrefertothegeneralhistoriansSigonius，Baronius，Muratori，Mosheim，St。
Marc，&c。]
[Footnote83:ThelivesofGregoryVII。areeitherlegendsorinvectives，St。Marc，Abrege，tom。iii。p。235，&c。；andhismiraculousormagicalperformancesarealikeincredibletoamodernreader。Hewill，asusual，findsomeinstructioninLeClerc，ViedeHildebrand，Bibliot，ancienneetmoderne，tom。